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The kandy-koloured tangerine-flake Cuban babyhttp://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/03/02/the-kandy-koloured-tangerine-flake-cuban-baby.html
189b933c-4c86-4904-9817-ce2498e93c6fMon, 2 Mar 2015 11:00:00 EST<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2015/03/02/the-kandy-koloured-tangerine-flake-cuban-baby/candy-colours.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>In a sign of how much Cuba is changing, antique American cars are getting resurrected as glorious capitalist showpieces.
Oakland Ross - Feature WriterVintage American cars in bright colours sit outside of some of Havana's most expensive hotels offering $35 driving tours.
Chip SomodevillaGETTY IMAGESA lavishly restored and upgraded American car bearing the unlikely image of revolutionary leader Ernesto Che Guevara.
AFP/GETTY IMAGESSocial media gaffes may undermine Argentine president http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/02/05/social-media-gaffes-may-undermine-argentine-president.html
a48bfc30-abae-444a-963b-79c0beebd729Thu, 5 Feb 2015 19:01:00 EST<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2015/02/05/social-media-gaffes-may-undermine-argentine-president/kirchner.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>From a mysterious death to an offensive tweet, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner types herself into a corner. Blame social media — or blame her.
Oakland Ross - Feature WriterArgentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's behaviour on social media has caused her no end of controversy recently. Last month, Fernandez went on a Facebook rant about an Argentinian special prosecutor who ended up dead after alleging Fernandez had covered up Iranian involvement in a deadly 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires and then sent a tweet mocking the Chinese accent while in China on a trade mission.ALEJANDRO PAGNIAFP/GETTY IMAGES file photoArgentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who met with Chinese officials in Beijing Thursday, caused a furor by making fun of her hosts' accents on Twitter.WU HONGAFP/GETTY IMAGESThe 8-cent pizza: Why Cuba is hungry for U.S. cashhttp://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/02/02/the-8-cent-pizza-why-cuba-is-hungry-for-us-cash.html
8f45ad75-ef15-4b35-bc95-116341474d75Mon, 2 Feb 2015 10:00:00 EST<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2015/02/02/the-8-cent-pizza-why-cuba-is-hungry-for-us-cash/us-flag-scarves.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>Cuban workers are hoping that American reconciliation — and dollars — will help rebuild their economy.
Oakland Ross - Feature WriterAs Cuba and the United States start restoring normal relations, the U.S. flag is appearing on the streets of Cuba as part of the clothes of Havana residents. Closer ties could boost Cuba's economy.
Chip SomodevillaGETTY IMAGESYurien Rojas sells custard-filled pastries known as Señoritas on a street in Old Havana.Ramon EspinosaAssociated PressAlexis Saltare Rodriguez, currently an employee at a state-owned fast-food eatery called Pizetta Obispo, is soon to become a part-owner when the business transforms itself into a co-operative in February.
Oakland RossToronto StarPeruvian video shames men who harass women in streetshttp://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/01/28/peruvian-video-shames-men-who-harass-women-in-streets.html
553b4de4-a2fe-4514-bba6-cb40ba74d5e5Wed, 28 Jan 2015 20:59:00 EST<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2015/01/28/peruvian-video-shames-men-who-harass-women-in-streets/peru-catcalls.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>Clip of men being tricked into catcalling their own mothers has gone viral around the world.
Oakland Ross - Feature WriterThe "Catcall Your mother" video has been viewed millions of times around the world.U.S., Cuba take 'important step forward' as officials meethttp://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/01/23/us-cuba-take-important-step-forward-as-officials-meet.html
a2623789-749c-4716-b42f-d6e7b42c7118Fri, 23 Jan 2015 16:57:01 EST<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2015/01/23/us-cuba-take-important-step-forward-as-officials-meet/josefina-vidal2.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>“But it was just a first step," U.S. assistant secretary of state says, as officials hold history-making talks to restore diplomatic ties.
Oakland Ross - Feature WriterCuba's Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, right, and members of her delegation participate in the first day of closed-door talks between Cuba and the United States in Havana on Wednesday. She called the talks “respectful and professional.”
ADALBERTO ROQUEAFP/GETTY IMAGESU.S. Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson says human rights will remain the "centre" of U.S. policy. “The Cuban people deserve no less.”YAMIL LAGEAFP/GETTY IMAGESIn Havana, change can’t come soon enoughhttp://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/01/22/in-havana-change-cant-come-soon-enough.html
a1162c95-a064-43ed-9421-70cb72792a46Thu, 22 Jan 2015 17:40:51 EST<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2015/01/22/in-havana-change-cant-come-soon-enough/cuba3.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>As Cuba and U.S. work to restore diplomatic ties, liberal economic reforms are already taking hold. “It should have been done a long time ago.”
Oakland Ross - Feature Writer A young family walks through the Cuban capital on Wednesday. This week, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson descended upon Havana, the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the country in almost four decades.Chip SomodevillaGETTY IMAGESCuban musicians play on Calle Obispos in Old Havana, where most people seem excited about the prospect of renewed diplomatic ties with the United States.Oakland RossThe Toronto StarArrests in four countries as Europe stays on high alerthttp://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/01/16/arrests-in-four-countries-as-europe-stays-on-high-alert.html
e50781f7-4df1-4d51-858f-8364f7432cdeFri, 16 Jan 2015 20:39:09 EST<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2015/01/16/arrests-in-four-countries-as-europe-stays-on-high-alert/belgium-checkpoint.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>Security officials in at least four European countries detain suspects thought to have terrorist links.
Oakland Ross - Feature WriterArmed police officers check the identiiesy of people wanting to enter a government building in Brussels.Geert Vanden WijngaertThe Associated PressHigh crime rate complicates Rio’s Olympic dreamshttp://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/01/16/high-crime-rate-complicates-rios-olympic-dreams.html
bc77d2ac-16a8-417a-9da5-fea1921e31dcFri, 16 Jan 2015 05:00:00 EST<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2015/01/16/high-crime-rate-complicates-rios-olympic-dreams/brazil-olympics.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>The murder rate has dropped, but crime is still a big concern as Rio de Janeiro prepares for the 2016 Olympic Games.
Oakland Ross - Feature WriterThe newly arrived Olympic flag in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro in August 2012. With Brazil set to host the Games in 2016, many worry about Rio’s unnerving crime rate.Felipe DanaThe Associated Press File PhotoGuanabara Bay, where Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic sailing events will be held, were recently found to be polluted.Felipe DanaThe Associated Press File PhotoThe Paris rally, versions one, two, and threehttp://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/01/13/the_paris_rally_versions_one_two_and_three.html
5b51af86-4587-4464-b179-dd53f4bc3046Tue, 13 Jan 2015 17:14:00 EST<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2015/01/13/the_paris_rally_versions_one_two_and_three/doctored_photos_6.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>Millions gathered in Paris on Sunday to promote hope and unity. Unfortunately, some of the pictures told a different story.
Oakland Ross - Feature WriterThe ultra-orthodox Israeli newspaper The Announcer featured a photo of the Paris march from which images of women, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, were removed.
Women featured prominently in the Paris anti-terror march, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo. However, the women were removed from the photo that appeared in an ultra-orthodox Israeli newspaper.‘I prefer to die than live like a rat,’ magazine editor said after 2011 attackhttp://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/01/07/i_prefer_to_die_than_live_like_a_rat_magazine_editor_said_after_2011_attack.html
fe3c9c4d-2d3f-4f5f-b469-3e64846dde64Wed, 7 Jan 2015 18:41:00 EST<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2015/01/07/i_prefer_to_die_than_live_like_a_rat_magazine_editor_said_after_2011_attack/cartoonists.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>Magazine editor Stéphane Charbonnier battled religious extremism for years, refusing to back down. Now, at 47, he is dead, the victim of religious extremism.
Oakland Ross - Feature WriterCharlie Hebdo staff, left to right, cartoonist Jean Cabut, cartoonist and editor-in-chief St�phane Charbonnier, and Luz attend a press conference after the magazine's office was firebombed on Nov. 2, 2011.Franck PrevelGETTY IMAGES file photoOf ice and menhttp://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/01/05/of_ice_and_men.html
2fdb19da-6f1b-418f-81f6-93ef702e6800Mon, 5 Jan 2015 10:00:00 EST<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2015/01/05/of_ice_and_men/marcelo_ebrad.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>Marcelo Ebrard: An urban visionary and his not so closely watched trainsFrom the Star's Unforgettable Encounters series: During six years as mayor of Mexico City, Marcelo Ebrard worked wonders — but who will remember that now?
Oakland Ross - Feature WriterUnder former mayor Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico City's air quality improved and its crime rate fell. He even launched a bike-sharing program.LUIS ACOSTAAFP/GETTY IMAGES FILE PHOTOFormer Mexico City mayor Marcelo Ebrard ordered that a huge ice-skating rink be erected in the city's main plaza at Christmas.Eduardo VerdugoThe Associated Press File PhotoThe vanishing manhttp://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2015/01/04/the_vanishing_manfirst_published_as_a_star_dispatches_ebook.html
471fcadc-e32b-48a3-8379-7160d345d293Sun, 4 Jan 2015 13:56:00 EST<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/insight/2015/01/04/the_vanishing_manfirst_published_as_a_star_dispatches_ebook/william_ross.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>A Star feature writer heads upcountry in search of his grandfather, the dogsledding fur trader
Oakland Ross - Feature WriterWilliam O. K. Ross, grandfather of Star writer Oakland Ross.The anti-Castro extremist who will never give up his fight http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/01/03/the_anticastro_extremist_who_will_never_give_up_his_fight.html
0ab44ac3-df27-4459-8f1f-4dda4b35ac78Sat, 3 Jan 2015 17:33:57 EST<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2015/01/03/the_anticastro_extremist_who_will_never_give_up_his_fight/cuban_americans.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>A terrorist to some, Luis Posada Carriles has struggled against Cuba’s rulers most of his life. Now 86, he continues to fight.
Oakland Ross - Feature WriterEvilio Ordonez attends a protest in Miami in December over U.S. plans to normalize relations with Cuba. While the old guard opposes the move, more recent refugees from Cuba tend to be less wary about compromising with the Castros.
Lynne SladkyThe Associated Press File PhotoLuis Posada Carriles, 86, is still hoping to end the autocratic rule of longtime Cuban strongman Fidel Castro and his brother Raul.Alan DiazThe Associated Press File PhotoOrangutan deemed to be ‘person’ in first-ever court rulinghttp://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/12/26/orangutans_are_deemed_to_be_persons_in_firstever_court_ruling.html
bd9228ac-cb8a-42a1-8893-09266cb3b494Fri, 26 Dec 2014 08:00:00 EST<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2014/12/26/orangutans_are_deemed_to_be_persons_in_firstever_court_ruling/sandra_the_orangutan.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>In a precedent-setting decision, a court in Buenos Aires rules that Sandra, a 29-year-old orangutan, should be treated as a “non-human person.”
Oakland Ross - Feature WriterThe orangutan named Sandra sits in her enclosure at Buenos Aires' Zoo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Dec. 22, 2014.Natacha PisarenkoAPLong-time allies, Cuba and Venezuela go different wayshttp://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/12/23/longtime_allies_cuba_and_venezuela_go_different_ways.html
93c37fab-6564-41c3-b5f8-1295e50a1749Tue, 23 Dec 2014 14:45:28 EST<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2014/12/23/longtime_allies_cuba_and_venezuela_go_different_ways/venezuela_oil.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>While Havana cosies up to Washington, fellow socialists in Caracas remain embittered and aloof, despite worsening financial woes and crashing oil prices
Oakland Ross - Feature WriterA sculpture of oil workers decorates a sidewalk in Caracas, Venezuela, But falling oil prices spell big trouble for Venezuela. Oil represents 95 per cent of its exports.Ariana CubillosAPA woman sits to rest as she waits to enter a small market to try to buy laundry detergent, among other hard to find items, in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Falling oil prices threaten more misery to the life of millions of Venezuelans.Ariana CubillosAPThe Bolivian ‘cult’ of Evo Moraleshttp://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/12/21/the_bolivian_cult_of_evo_morales.html
e5ab93ce-5c21-489a-ab1b-3dcaefeb32fdSun, 21 Dec 2014 08:00:00 EST<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2014/12/21/the_bolivian_cult_of_evo_morales/morales_confetti.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>Now embarking on his third presidential term, Bolivia’s “Christ-like” leader Evo Morales has achieved the remarkable — helping the poor without alienating the rich.
Oakland Ross - Feature WriterThis fall, Evo Morales easily won election to a third term, part of the left's "PInk Tide" of political victories in Latin America.Juan KaritaThe Associated Press File PhotoEvo Morales’s popularity is "messianic" in some parts of the country. Here, a sign from 2005, when he won his first election.
Spencer PlattGETTY IMAGES file photoHow Panama changed history in the Americashttp://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/12/19/how_panama_changed_history_in_the_americas.html
7d81e9cc-9f5e-4026-8a15-d2d56cb212f5Fri, 19 Dec 2014 19:04:33 EST<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2014/12/19/how_panama_changed_history_in_the_americas/cuba_venezuela_horiz.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>To go to Panama or not to go to Panama — that was the question. After all, Cuba’s president would be there. Now U.S. President Barack Obama will be there, too.
Oakland Ross - Feature WriterCuban President Raul Castro, left, shakes hands with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro before the ALBA summit at Revolution Palace in Havana on Sunday. Some observers think fear of losing Venezuelan oil at very generous terms partly drove Castro to work out a deal with the United States.Ismael FranciscoThe Associated Press‘Fellowship of the ring’ triumphs as a wedding treasure is found http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/12/12/fellowship_of_the_ring_triumphs_as_a_wedding_treasure_is_found.html
8fa6a5f5-e834-40d5-bd86-361192e1826dFri, 12 Dec 2014 17:14:30 EST<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2014/12/12/fellowship_of_the_ring_triumphs_as_a_wedding_treasure_is_found/ringjpg.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>Soon-to-be-father Tom Bradnam thought his white-gold wedding band was gone, until a group of co-workers teamed up to recover it from a slushy downtown corner.
Oakland Ross - Feature WriterVideo game designer Tom Bradnam joyfully shows off the white-gold ring he thought was gone forever after he slipped, fell and lost it at the corner of Lake Shore and Lower Simcoe St. Some of Bradnam's coworkers teamed up in a fellowship to find the ring.
OAKLAND ROSSTORONTO STARSalvadoran man remains in deportation limbo despite court ruling http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/11/19/el_salvador_man_remains_in_deportation_limbo_despite_court_ruling.html
306b05a4-b7c7-4a85-b22b-3788d739d5b7Wed, 19 Nov 2014 19:27:00 EST<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2014/11/19/el_salvador_man_remains_in_deportation_limbo_despite_court_ruling/oscar_vigil.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>A judge ordered a redetermination of Jose Figueroa’s case more than four months ago, but he remains in a Vancouver church awaiting action by Immigration Canada.
Oakland Ross - Feature WriterOscar Vigil and his wife Carolina Teves. Vigil, a journalist and civic activist, faces deportation back to El Salvador due to ties to a political group the Canadian immigration bureaucracy deemed a "terrorist" organization.David CooperToronto Star file photoCanadian injured in deadly attack on Jerusalem synagoguehttp://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/11/18/four_killed_in_attack_on_jerusalem_synagogue.html
3f177ca0-688f-48ad-b1dc-12d09d98761fTue, 18 Nov 2014 06:43:59 EST<img src="http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/news/world/2014/11/18/four_killed_in_attack_on_jerusalem_synagogue/synagogue.jpg.size.xxlarge.original.jpg"><br/>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that Israel will “respond harshly,” while Hamas praised the attack as a response to “Israeli crimes.”
Oakland Ross - Feature WriterIsraeli emergency services and security personnel stand outside a synagogue that was the scene of an attack in Jerusalem on Nov. 18, 2014.JACK GUEZAFP/GETTY IMAGES